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Background: Myocardial ischemia can occur due to hypotension, shock, coronary heart disease, and aortic cross-clamping during open-heart surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass machine. As the cardioprotective method, cardioplegia is classified into blood
Bambang Novianto Putro+2 more
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]
Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K+24 more
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Abstract Background and Purpose The increasing number of cancer survivors has caused growing concern over chemotherapy‐induced cardiotoxicity. This study aimed to investigate a novel human model of cardiotoxicity and explore cardioprotection. Experimental Approach Living myocardial slices (LMS) were obtained from explanted end‐stage heart failure ...
Jort S. A. van der Geest+15 more
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Background: /objective: The aim of the present study was to compare the operative and early postoperative results of the use of del Nido Cardioplegia solution (dNCS) with traditional blood cardioplegia (BC) in adult aortic surgery.
Cuneyt Eris+3 more
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The Effect of High-Dose Vitamin C on Biochemical Markers of Myocardial Injury in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the effect of high-dose vitamin C on cardiac reperfusion injury and plasma levels of creatine kinase-muscle/brain (CK-MB), troponin I, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG ...
Nafiseh Emadi+3 more
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A major complication of organ transplantation is primary graft dysfunction, which represents the leading cause of early post‐transplantation morbidity and mortality. Pre‐operative depletion of neutrophil serine proteases in circulating neutrophils by pretreatment with a cathepsin C inhibitor in recipients could prevent early post‐operative ...
Sevil Korkmaz‐Icöz+6 more
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The use of blood versus crystalloid cardioplegia in adult open heart surgery: A systematic review
Myocardial ischemia can occur due to hypotension, shock, coronary heart disease, and aortic cross-clamping during open-heart surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
Bambang Novianto Putro+4 more
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Adding ROS Scavengers to Cold K\u3csup\u3e+\u3c/sup\u3e Cardioplegia Reduces Superoxide Emission During 2 h Global Cold Cardiac Ischemia [PDF]
We reported that the combination of reactive oxygen species (ROS) quenchers Mn(III) tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin (MnTBAP), catalase, and glutathione (MCG) given before 2 hours cold ischemia better protected cardiac mitochondria against cold ...
Aldakkak, Mohammed+4 more
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Pediatric heart transplantation: Improving results in high-risk patients [PDF]
Objectives: Our institutional experience with 73 pediatric patients undergoing cardiac transplantation between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999, was reviewed to determine the impact of unconventional donor and recipient management protocols ...
Benson, Lee+14 more
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Left atrial intramural hematoma (LAIH) is an exceedingly rare complication that occurs following catheter ablation in the right atrium. The present case is the first to implicate coronary sinus catheter manipulation—rather than left atrial intervention—as a potential mechanism of LAIH.
Mina Hatsuno+4 more
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